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Enteric pathogens in German police officers after predominantly tropical deployments – A retrospective assessment over 5 years
- Source :
- European Journal of Microbiology & Immunology
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Akadémiai Kiadó, 2020.
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Abstract
- IntroductionThe study was performed to assess the infection risk of German police officers on predominantly tropical deployments, mostly United Nations missions, with gastrointestinal pathogens.MethodsPolice officers were offered PCR-based screening for gastrointestinal pathogens before and after deployment. The screening panel comprised enteroinvasive bacteria (Salmonella spp., Shigella spp./enteroinvasive Escherichia coli, Campylobacter jejuni, and Yersinia spp.), enteropathogenic protozoa (Entamoeba histolytica, Giardia duodenalis, Cryptosporidium spp., and Cyclospora cayetanensis), as well as enteric helminths (Ancyclostoma spp., Ascaris lumbricoides, Enterobius vermicularis, Hymenolepis nana, Necator americanus, African Schistosoma spp., Strongyloides stercoralis, Taenia saginata, Taenia solium, and Trichuris trichiura).ResultsG. duodenalis (n = 3), C. jejuni (n = 2), Salmonella spp. (n = 1), Shigella spp./enteroinvasive E. coli (n = 3), and S. stercoralis (n = 3) were detect in 12 out of 133 (9.0%) police officers. The majority had shown gastrointestinal symptoms on deployment and all were asymptomatic at the time of medical assessment. The major infection sites were Sub-Saharan Africa followed by Northern Africa and the Middle East.ConclusionsDeployment of police officers to tropical deployment sites on United Nations missions is associated with a considerable acquisition risk of gastrointestinal pathogens in a quantitatively relevant minority. Post-deployment screening is advisable to facilitate therapeutic and hygiene-related consequences.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
United Nations
030106 microbiology
medicine.disease_cause
Cyclospora cayetanensis
Strongyloides stercoralis
tropics
03 medical and health sciences
Environmental health
Taenia solium
parasitic diseases
medicine
deployment
Shigella
Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli
Infectious disease
biology
police
Cryptosporidium
biology.organism_classification
Original Research Paper
medicine.drug_formulation_ingredient
030104 developmental biology
Trichuris trichiura
epidemiology
Ascaris lumbricoides
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20628633 and 2062509X
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- European Journal of Microbiology & Immunology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8b33496ee5f2adbcc9fb8a17905cd833